[TowerTalk] Good vacation antenna

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> I want the antenna to cover 40-10 mtrs, easily set up and take dpown 
 > and can be collpsed to roughly 6 ft sections.

12 meter (40 ft) or 10 meter (33 ft) SpiderBeam fiberglass pole with
a 40 meter EFHW?   Alternatively a light weight 40 meter OCFD or a
multiband trap (wire) supported from the 12 meter SpiderBeam pole.

Otherwise look at the offerings from DX Commander.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2025-07-03 10:37 AM, cqtestk4xs--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> I'm no longer in a QTH where I can put up a tower, or for that matter, any antenna.  So I am planning on doing some operating when we camp out.
> I'm looking at a multi-band vertical that can be attached to the tent camper tongue framework (temporarily).  I want the antenna to cover 40-10 mtrs, easily set up and take dpown and can be collpsed to roughly 6 ft sections.  The old 14 AVQ would be pwerfect but is no longer made.
> Any ideas?
> Bill K4XS/V31XX
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